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1 John 4:2 KJV
1 John · chapter 4 · verse 2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:1 John 4:2 · King James Version
1 John 4:2 in context
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
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Key words (Strong's)
- confessethhomologeōto say the same thing as anotherG3670 →
- Herebyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- Herebyhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- Herebytoutōto this oneG5129 →
- Spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
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The apostle, having said that God's dwelling in and with us may be known by the Spirit that he hath given us, intimates that that Spirit may be discerned and distinguished from other spirits that appear in the world; and so here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3